Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Quiche - 2 Variations

How you spell quiche?
Well you don't spell it son, you eat it!

~from the movie Sixteen Candles

Quiche Lorraine is a classic French recipe, from the Lorraine area of France. It has become popular throughout France and the world. There are many variations on the basic idea. Tonight, we had two.

The Recipe
Quiche

Ingredients:

2 deep dish pie crusts (I use frozen)

8 eggs

1 1/2 cup milk

8 oz shredded
swiss cheese
4 oz shredded cheddar
cheese
1/2 tsp ground mustard

Pinch of cayenne pepper

Splash of worcestershire sauce
Salt & pepper to taste

8 slices cooked bacon, crushed into small bits

1 large sliced tomato

1/2 tsp basil
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 400
Bake frozen pie crusts for 12-14 minutes, until light brown
Reduce oven temp to 350

Whisk eggs, milk, salt, pepper, mustard, worcestershire sauce, and cayenne pepper in large mixing bowl

Stir in cheese, and bacon

Add half of mixture to one pie crust

Put the sliced tomatoes in a layer on the bottom of the other pie crust and sprinkle with the basil
Pour the remaining mixture on top

Place both quiches on a large cookie sheet and bake for 40-45 minutes

Serve with:
Salad of fresh greens

Ratings:
***1/2 - very tasty
*** - like the bacon quiche, not the tomato quiche
*** 1/2 - doesn't like the crust
(dinner guest) **** - very good

My notes: you can't go wrong with all this good cheese!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We should create a recipe for quiche. We can incorporate some small noodles in the shapes of letters. Just like the kind you see in Alphabet Soup. And we can put them on top of the quiche and call it “How Do You Spell, Quiche”.